IUS, IPS BURNS TO ORBITQuick Time
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At 9 hours and 41 minutes into the mission, the first of two
solid rocket motors attached to Chandra's spacecraft module
ignite. The rocket burns for two minutes before shutting off
and separating from the spacecraft. Three minutes later the
second rocket fires. These firings lift the Chandra X-ray
Observatory into a highly elliptical orbit.
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